Name: CVE-2022-4765: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2023-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2022-4765, CWE-79, CVSS 5.4, EPSS 0.00534

The Portfolio for Elementor WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.4
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Portfolio Elementor Plugin	—	Update portfolio-elementor plugin to version 2.3.1, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Jan 3, 2023

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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